Math 269: Mathematics for Computers III (Introduction to Statistics)
Centennial Community College (Toronto, ON)
This site is meant for use by Mathematics 269 students at Centennial Community College (Toronto, ON). The purpose is to provide a forum in which to expand on topics raised in class, raise new topics pertinent classroom instruction, mention statistical/probability-related topics/books/etc. that might be of interest to other students (or me!) and fascilitate the discussion on any of these.
The assumption is that people are big boys and girls and know how to play nice while carrying on such discussions. I consider myself the sole arbiter of such decorum and anything I consider potentially offensive to a reasonable person will be dealt with forthwith. That said, statistics can cover some very interesting ground and I will not discourage discussion on such ground - race, gender, sexual preference, religion are all very valid criteria upon which to perform analysis so long as the data collection is sound and the inferences logical (i.e. not insultingly simplistic); I do not consider these taboo subjects. Quite the contrary, there is much to be potentially learned from such data and from others' thoughts on such data. Just play nice.
Courtesy of http://xkcd.com/, one of the best sites on the interwebs. Comment from xkcd: "Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'."
xkcd comment: "... ok, but because you said that, we're breaking up."
Math 269: Mathematics for Computers III (Introduction to Statistics)
Centennial Community College (Toronto, ON)
This site is meant for use by Mathematics 269 students at Centennial Community College (Toronto, ON). The purpose is to provide a forum in which to expand on topics raised in class, raise new topics pertinent classroom instruction, mention statistical/probability-related topics/books/etc. that might be of interest to other students (or me!) and fascilitate the discussion on any of these.
The assumption is that people are big boys and girls and know how to play nice while carrying on such discussions. I consider myself the sole arbiter of such decorum and anything I consider potentially offensive to a reasonable person will be dealt with forthwith. That said, statistics can cover some very interesting ground and I will not discourage discussion on such ground - race, gender, sexual preference, religion are all very valid criteria upon which to perform analysis so long as the data collection is sound and the inferences logical (i.e. not insultingly simplistic); I do not consider these taboo subjects. Quite the contrary, there is much to be potentially learned from such data and from others' thoughts on such data. Just play nice.